jmj-r-ḥwt-nṯr

Egyptian

Etymology

From jmj-r (“overseer”) +‎ ḥwt-nṯr (“temple”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘overseer of the temple’.

Pronunciation

  • (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /imi ɛr huːt nɛt͡ʃɛr/
    • Conventional anglicization: imi-er-hut-netjer

Noun

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  1. a title: ‘temple-overseer’

Inflection

Declension of jmj-r-ḥwt-nṯr (masculine)
singular jmj-r-ḥwt-nṯr
dual jmjwj-r-ḥwt-nṯr
plural jmjw-r-ḥwt-nṯr

References

  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 320.
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